The Money Changers Serenade: A New Plot Hatches Paul Craig Roberts Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, a protege of Treasury Secretaries Rubin and Summers, has received his reward for continuing the Rubin-Summers-Paulson policy of supporting the “banks too big to fail” at the expense of the economy and American people. For his service to the handful of gigantic banks, whose…

Guest Column by Uri Avnery “Senator after Senator, Congressman after Congressman comes forward to support the Israeli government against their own president. The same people who jumped up and down like string puppets when Netanyahu made his last speech before both houses of Congress, try to outdo each other in assertions of their undying loyalty to Israel. “This is now…

The Dying Dollar Federal Reserve and Wall Street Assassinate US Dollar Since 2006, the US dollar has experienced a one-quarter to one-third drop in value to the Chinese yuan, depending on the choice of base. Now China is going to let the dollar decline further in value. China also says it is considering undermining the petrodollar by pricing oil futures…

The Kennedy Assassination (November 22, 1963) 50 Years Later Paul Craig Roberts November 22, 2013, is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The true story of JFK’s murder has never been officially admitted, although the conclusion that JFK was murdered by a plot involving the Secret Service, the CIA, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff…

A Funeral Notice for Osama bin Laden was published on December 26, 2001, in the Egyptian newspaper al-Ward. An English translation is provided below. Anyone fluent in Arabic is invited to verify or correct the translation. This item was sent to me from a reader abroad. Also below are is a CNN interview with its medical correspondent who examines the…

King World News Interviews PCR on Jobs Report and Dollar Problem I did not write about the jobs report last week, but I was interviewed by King World News about the jobs report. You can read the two-part interview below. http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/11/11_Dr._Paul_Craig_Roberts_-_Massive_Propaganda_%26_Coverup.html http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/11/10_Former_US_Treasury_Official_-_Americas_Breathtaking_Crash.html

Confessions of a Quantitative Easer by Andrew Huszar Dear Readers: For years I have reported that the Federal Reserve’s policy of Quantitative Easing, that is, bond purchases in order to support bond prices, is not an economic policy directed at helping the economy recover from the financial crisis caused by financial deregulation and irresponsible gambling and fraud by large banks…

What Is The Real Agenda Of The American Police State? Paul Craig Roberts In my last column I emphasized that it was important for American citizens to demand to know what the real agendas are behind the wars of choice by the Bush and Obama regimes. These are major long term wars each lasting two to three times as long…

How America Was Lost Paul Craig Roberts “No legal issue arises when the United States responds to a challenge to its power, position, and prestige.” Dean Acheson , 1962, speaking to the American Society of International Law. Dean Acheson declared 51 years ago that power, position, and prestige are the ingredients of national security and that national security trumps law.…

The US Treasury prize, the Euro’s demise, and Facebook lies w/Paul Craig Roberts The US Treasury prize, the Euro’s demise, and Facebook lies w/Paul Craig Roberts I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)

Some people are gifted. Chris Floyd is one of them. Ashes to Ashes: The Downward Arc of the American Dream http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/2356-ashes-to-ashes-the-downward-arc-of-the-american-dream.html

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/11/05/an-interview-with-paul-craig-roberts/print ￼ This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. CounterPunch NOVEMBER 05, 2013 Escape From The Dollar An Interview with Paul Craig Roberts by MIKE WHITNEY Paul Craig Roberts thinks the Fed has backed itself into a corner. A rise in interest rates would strengthen the dollar, give the dollar new life as world reserve currency, and halt…

Fate of Dollar is the Fate of US Power PCR interviewed by Greg Hunter, USA Watchdog http://usawatchdog.com/fate-of-dollar-is-the-fate-of-u-s-power-dr-paul-craig-roberts/ “The whole question of the dollar’s longevity depends on the willingness of other countries to continue holding dollars and dollar denominated assets while the Federal Reserve prints a trillion dollars a year to prop up the big banks and to finance the federal…

Note: The reports of missile destruction to which Shamir refers might be newspaper fantasy. Regardless, the main point of Shamir’s article seems to be correct. Obama did stand down. The opposition of Russia supported by China, the British Parliament, and the UN and the lack of enthusiasm for another war on the part of the American people, Congress, and NATO…

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